Kano State Government is preparing to enact digitisation law for full implementation of e-governance and to articulate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policy throughout the state to ease government operations and develop the state’s potential in the digital economy.
This is in conformity with the global trend of digitisation for accountability and transparency in governance, Governor Abba Yusuf made this known at the closing of the 11th meeting of the National Council on Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (NCCID), at Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano.
The governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, stated, yesterday, that the two initiatives were to ensure accuracy, efficiency and transparency in public financial management, using financial tools and software to guarantee prudence in fund utilisation.
He added that since assumption of office, his administration was able to re-open the hitherto closed Informatics Institute, digitised salary payment, development of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) payment platform with a view to block leakages, strengthen and digitise operations of Kano Geographic Information System (KANGIS).
Yusuf requested the handing over of the digital industrial park of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to Kano for effective utilization, while reiterating his administration’s desire and commitment to pursue undertakings that will propel the state to higher pedestals of socio-economic development and prosperity.
Earlier, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijjani, had said the meeting was organised in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which has, at its core, a recognition of the power of technology and innovation as enablers of economic growth.
